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Oskar Diethelm Library

Oskar Diethelm Library

DeWitt Wallace Institute of Psychiatry: History, Policy and the Arts
Weill Cornell Medical College
525 East 68th Street, Box 140
New York, NY 10065, United States
212-746-3728
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Founded in 1936, the Oskar Diethelm Library houses, preserves, and provides access to printed books and serials, archives and manuscripts, photographs, prints, sound and video recordings, and other ephemera and is part of Weill Cornell Medical College's DeWitt Wallace Institute of Psychiatry: History, Policy, & the Arts. The library's rare book collection contains approximately 35,000 titles dating back to the 15th century dealing with psychiatry, psychology, psychoanalysis, mesmerism, spiritualism, phrenology, witchcraft, and related topics. World-renowned individuals and organizations are also represented in the approximately 1500 linear feet of archives, including Donald W. Winnicott, Thomas Salmon, and the American Psychoanalytic Association.

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Alfred Freedman MD Papers, 1936 - 2011 15 boxes

Freedman, Alfred M.
This collection contains the papers of Alfred M. Freedman, who was president of the American Psychiatric Association when the board of trustees changed the listing of “homosexuality” to “sexual orientation disturbance” in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders II (DSM-II). The collection has 10 series: Abuse of Psychiatry, Death Penalty, Ethics, Treatment of the Mentally Ill, Subject Files, Organizations, Writings, Correspondence, Photographs, and Memorabilia.
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Marie Louise Schoelly Sherwin MD Papers, 1934-2007 3 boxes

Schoelly, Marie-Louise
This collection contains materials gathered by the Marie Louise Schoelly Sherwin estate. Marie Louise Schoelly was a clinical psychiatrist who specialized in Child Psychiatry, a priest at the Church of the Holy Trinity, an associate professor at Cornell Medical College, and a historian actively involved in the History of Psychiatry Section. The endowment from Schoelly’s estate contributed to research in the Department of Psychiatry at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. This collection has three series: Published Writings, Research, and Bibliographic Records. Research has two subseries: Notes and Classification.
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Samuel Kahn MD Papers, 1929-1964 7 boxes

Kahn, Samuel, 1898-1981
This collection contains the papers of Samuel Kahn, a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, clinician, and author. The collection has 5 series: Lectures, Dynamic Psychological Society (DPS), Quakerbridge School and Camp, Printed Materials, and Writings.
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William Russell MD Papers, 1904 - 1950 4 boxes

Russell, William Logie, 1863-1951
Nearly the entire collection relates to the institutional history Dr. William Russell wrote in 1945 entitled The New York Hospital: A History of the Psychiatric Service 1771-1936. The collection has no series and needs to be reprocessed.
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